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Hello All My BOTL's, here is a some news on Tiger Woods Watch! Not everybody is jumping ship on Tiger Woods! Here is the story in part and my comments are in "Italics" read on and enjoy and I welcome your comments!!!
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An Orlando-based cigar company has offered the world's top-ranked golfer an endorsement deal well below what he's used to: just $100,000. Some brands are running from Tiger Woods as a celebrity endorser but Orlando-based Corona Cigar Co. is running toward him.
As a celebrity "smokesperson" the brand is clearly looking for publicity. Owner Jeff Borysiewicz has said that the company doesn't condone anyone's alleged extramarital affairs but welcomes Woods as a potential endorser.
Woods has visited Corona in the company of Charles Parker before. Some of Woods' core endorsers including Accenture, Gillette and Gatorade have said they will review their association with the golfer and he won't be playing golf for a little while so perhaps he should take the deal for some running around money.
Corona Cigar Co.'s management said they basically are not worried about what Tiger's personal problems were and this gave the little guy a chance to have a big name endorser! Well it's great to see that not everyone has given up on Tiger. Many people were supportive of him when it looked like he could walk on water but now that he has done something that is more human like everybody starts buggin' out!
Tiger Woods fans are always going to be there until somebody an come out and beat him with ease like he has done to so many others! Now all I need is a picture of Tiger and President Obama smoking a cigar and my blog would be set! lol
Come on Mr. President and Tiger, I have a cigar on the house for you too! Padron 1926 45 year should be a great place to start!!! lol
Corona has never made a sponsorship offer before, so will this start a precedence for other cigar companies to go get high profile celebrities to promote their cigars? Cigar Aficionado magazine always has a celebrity of some type on their cover and Tiger has already been there too! (See Issue May/June 2008 - Tiger Woods) 
Borysiewicz acknowledged Saturday that it would be "a real fairy tale" if Woods accepted his offer to be the face for the retailer's three cigar superstores and bars, but said he hoped Woods' business team would give it some serious consideration. He faxed a letter to the golfer's agent, Mark Steinberg, but has not heard back.
"There's a lot of synergy between smoking cigars and golfing," said Borysiewicz, who added that many of his customers enjoy both pastimes.
Woods himself has visited Corona Cigar, at least once in the company of his friend Charles Barkley, the former professional basketball player.
(Does Tiger Woods smoke cigars when he is with his friend Charles Barkley whom is a regular at my cigar shop here in Phoenix, AZ.?)
The champion golfer, who lives in Isleworth, also appeared on the June 2008 cover of the magazine Cigar Aficionado.
Woods get $100 million annually from endorsement contracts (Really Big Pimpin'!) and looks like he could become the world's first billionaire athlete.
Orlando Sentinel Full Story
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